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The pass is still a golden harvest season for all things, and in the northeast, the vast plains further north of the Songhua River, there is already a sad and silence.

This is an endless large plain, which is not very far or wide, but it is different from other places. It is not very flat and the ground has ups and downs, but the height of ups and downs is not large. This is the characteristic of the Northeast Plain. The extremely low hills form an endless large plain.

From time to time, woods appear on the plains, wild grass grows wildly, slightly yellow, the sky is high and extremely clear, and at first glance, it makes people feel relaxed.

A team of cavalry galloped on the grassland, not very fast. In fact, the story of cavalry running thousands of miles can only appear in the plots of some mentally retarded historical dramas. Unless they constantly change horses, otherwise, let alone war horses ridden by cavalry, even the empty horses that followed would not stand such crazy running.

I've been exhausted long ago.

In fact, when the cavalry did not charge in groups, they would even walk with their own war horses to reduce the burden.

Each cavalry is equipped with a pair of horses, and their weapons, armor and food are placed on the pair of horses, which can greatly reduce the burden. In fact, an adult man weighs only a few dozen kilograms, but if he is fully armed, the load will be increased to more than 200 kilograms.

Especially these wild Jurchen soldiers used heavy weapons such as maces. The foreigners in the Wuyi Army Military Weapon Bureau did not know what it means to deduct shortages. They did a lot of weight, which made them even heavier.

The northeast is vast and sparsely populated. This area has not been effectively developed, so it is not as rich as the Central Plains. At first glance, it is all village arable land and rolling wheat waves. The most common ones here are wild grasses growing wildly, small pieces of woods and shrubs, as well as swamp wetlands hidden in the grass. Occasionally, you can see a large number of lakes.

The army ran. Countless wild animals were scared out, such as roe deer, pheasant, badger, wild boar, etc., and were shocked by the sound of the earth's vibration and ran around in panic.

Among the long cavalry team, brass bells were hung on the last few empty horses. As the war horses ran, the long ringing sounds from time to time made the cavalry in front know that there were no partners behind.

"What a rich land! If it weren't for the Jurchens' few people, I'm afraid that the Northeast would have been occupied by them long ago." Ye Feinan shook her body. Looking at the vast earth in the distance, she took a deep breath, and there was a deep intoxication in her eyes.

When I was in the Central Plains, I could not see such a scenery at all. The population of the Central Plains is so dense. Any place I can see must have people, villages and arable land. In the Northeast, there are no need to cultivate. There are wild animals everywhere. River fish are enough to make people eat fat and strong. After staying in the Northeast for more than a year, Ye Feinan deeply appreciates the fertility here.

"Your Majesty is right!" Degele next to him smiled, and a ferocious look appeared on the corner of his mouth: "But now, we are going to kill all these cubs!"

Ye Feinan smiled slightly. He knew that although his deputy was a Wild Jurchen, his hatred for the Jurchens was ten times more than that of himself! It was ten times more cruel to massacre the Jurchens! In Sarhu the day before yesterday, he saw Deges drive a group of dozens of Jurchens into a house, and then lit the house with a fire.

The Jurchens inside were burned to death.

As for why both sides were originally the same clan but hated so much, the reason was very simple. If the Central Plains dynasty had always regarded the Jurchens as border trouble, then the Jurchens and the Ye Jurchens had been a feud for hundreds of years. The Jurchens were in the early stages of their enlightenment and civilization, and they looked down on the Ye Jurchens who were still living in the mountains and forests. However, the Jurchens had a small population, so they captured the Ye Jurchens and regarded them as slaves. Those beautiful women were played with and sold to the Ming Dynasty. The men who remained were also fates of slaves, soldiers and cannon fodders.

How can you not regret it if you have accumulated such a backlog for decades?

Ye Feinan was originally a 2,000-household cavalry guard. Later, two Fiery Jurchen heavy cavalry guards were established one after another, so he was transferred to the seventh guard ** Jin to serve as a Fiery house. Since these fierce Fiery Guards were brought under his command, the fourth guard officers like him were transferred to two new cavalry guards to enrich the officer's strength and enable these two cavalry guards to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Of course, a large number of Han officers were drawn from the fourth guards to strengthen control. The Deges around him was born from the Fiery Jurchen and was one of his three deputy Fiery houses.

The 15,000 cavalry of the three guards of Wuyi Army were scattered into dozens of stocks in units of half a thousand households. This cavalry of about 450 people was led by Ye Feinan and Degelei.

Dege, called Mulinde in the ancient Jurchen language, means tree stump.

Dege's father was a bit prescient when he named him. Dege's man was like a tree stump as his name was. He was about the same height as other Jurchens, only about 1.6 meters tall, but his waist was almost the same size. He looked like a square, with a very strong figure and a fierce expression, like a butcher. His arms were thicker than other men's thighs, and his neck was negligible, just like putting his head directly on his body.

He was obviously of a white bloodline, his eyes were light brown, his big beard with a matte face was reddish-brown, and his hair of the same color was braided into small braids, with heavy golden rings on it.

Ye Feinan was speechless about his taste.

Degele didn't want to join the Wuyi Army.

The richness of the white mountains and black waters makes them not afraid of starving to death. As long as they have a warm enough house, enough salt, and marinate a lot of meat before winter comes, they can live a comfortable life this winter. In addition to dealing with those damn slave hunters, it can be said that the Wild Jurchens' life is still good. Although there is a huge shortage of supplies, they can at least starve to death. They can also keep themselves fat and strong.

Therefore, only the Wild Jurchens can be proud of the mountains and forests and not be ruled by anyone.

But when Nurhaci led a large army to surround their village, they had no choice but to surrender or die, with only two paths to go.

Although the Wild Jurchens were bold and brave, they were not fools. The entire tribe of Dege surrendered to Nurhaci. At this time, he was quite resentful to Nurhaci and Wuyi Army. In his opinion, what is the difference between this and those damn slave-catching people?

But when he was taken to Zhenyuan Mansion, placed down, and entered the army, his ideas gradually changed.

Their family lived in a comfortable house. Although it was not very luxurious, it was very warm and comfortable. Each of their households was allocated large areas of farmland, and Han people specially taught them how to farm, how to divert water and irrigate, etc. The Han people in the surrounding villages were very kind. Cultivating land instead of hunting means that they did not have to bear the accidental casualties caused by hunting every year.

More importantly, now you can drink tea at will, and every household has one or two iron pots! It’s a pity that these things used to cost a lot of animal skin ginseng to be replaced! As for the iron pot, it takes four or five households to use one bite. This thing is just like a baby.

There were also Han gentlemen in the village, and they opened a private school to teach children to learn Chinese and write Chinese characters. There were not many people in the Dege tribe who could write, and Dege has always respected and feared people who could read. When he heard that his children could read and read, he and his wife were both happy.

Human nature determines that they prefer this kind of life. Otherwise, farming would not become an inevitable trend in the development of all civilizations. Because eating from the ground is easier to obtain food and safer than hunting and grazing.

When he arrived in the army, Degele became even happier. The weapons provided by the Wuyi Army were of great weight and excellent forging, which were simply incomparable to the rags and iron they made before.

This alone is enough to convince these Wild Jurchens to work hard. What flows into their bones is the blood of a warrior.

All of this changed the idea of ​​Dege.

In fact, there were not many people in the army who thought about it as usual. They were a little resistant to the Wu Yi Army at the beginning, but as the family became better and better, the children could read more and more words, and those rare things that they could not see became ordinary, and they gradually returned to Wu Yi Army.

This made them understand the difference between Wu Yi army and Jurchens treat them, and gradually changed from resistance to active integration. Lian Zining gradually relaxed his control over the officers of the Wild Jurchens. With several wars, the two Wild Jurchens made great contributions, which quickly led to a large number of Wild Jurchens' officers from the Sixth and Seventh Guards.

All these things have made all the Wild Jurchens regarded by themselves as part of the Wuyi Army and are extremely loyal.

The wild Jurchens who were proud of the mountains and forests in the past have now become loyal dogs under Lian Zining. Whoever wants to offend the interests of Wu Yi’s army will show their bright fangs and bite the other party to death.

Dege felt a little hot, so he took off his big red fat jacket, which was a piece of leather armor. Five or six pieces of iron as big as a palm on the front of the leather armor, almost covering the front, and dense rivets were inlaid on the edge of the black leather armor. Although the sixth and seventh guards were heavy cavalry guards, the Wuyi army really couldn't take out so many heavy armors in a short time. In sharp contrast, their weapons were their unscrupulous heavy weapons. Now the second guards are heavy cavalry in weapons, but light cavalry in defense - they are equipped with this kind of leather armor.

The production of leather armor is not very difficult. The main problem is the raw material. The best leather armor material is cowhide. However, due to the important position of cattle in farming civilization, this guy has protected animals in all dynasties and is not allowed to be killed casually. If he kills it, he will be sentenced. However, the Wild Jurchens don’t care about this. The most common ones are animal skins of various colors. There are countless leathers for those large beasts. In terms of material, they are much more high-end than cowhide.

The convoy of Lian's chaebols is not as simple as selling things. They brought a large number of scarce supplies outside the pass, such as tea, iron pots, etc., and took away specialty mountain products from the Northeast. At the same time, they also attracted a large number of craftsmen to Lian Zining. Lian Zining's territory is now in short supply, especially those with craftsmanship. The price he offered was quite high, attracting many people who could not survive in the pass to come here to make a fortune. Lian Zining classified them all under the name of the Logistics Department. They provided housing and accommodation, and threw a lot of money, so they naturally did their work honestly.

These leather armors are from the hands of these craftsmen.

Dege likes this leather armor very much, and he even thinks that it is better than the extremely heavy iron armor.

It is about Weishi, and after setting out from Sarhu, I have already advanced more than a hundred miles.

The team of people climbed the slope in front of them and their eyes suddenly lit up, and many people's breathing immediately became rapid. This showed their excitement.

About three or four miles ahead, a small river flowed quietly and entered a lake. Not far away is a forest, and between the woods and lakes, a small village is in sight.

The small village is now peaceful, and it is obvious that they have not been found yet.

Ye Feinan and Degele looked at each other and saw the murderous intent in each other's eyes. Degele made his teeth frustrated: "Sir, will you do it?"

"Why don't you do it?" Ye Feinan smiled coldly: "If you don't leave any one, I'll leave it to you afterwards!"

"Sir, just take a look!" Degele showed a bloodthirsty smile.

"Brothers, let me kill!" Ye Feinan slowly rode his horse and accelerated, followed behind him, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed towards the village like wolves and tigers.

When the village was hundreds of meters away, the Wu Yi army was obviously found in the village. They didn't know what these people were. But when they saw their hideous aura, they knew that they were not good people. The shrill sound of trumpets sounded in the distance, and there was a panic in the village. A dozen young men ran out, closed the door on the fence tightly, and then pushed the pillars behind them. Dege saw that many men were standing behind the fence, waiting for the battle.

After all, the Jurchens are not as strong as the Han people. When they encounter this situation, they are panicked, but they are not surrendered.

It's just that their resistance is destined to be futile.

Obviously no one thought that Wu Yi's army would come in. The village had no defense at all. It was just a circle of fences outside to guard against wild beasts that were not open to their eyes, and there was not even a trench.

Wu Yi's army had already reached the riverside. The river was not deep, but it was just at the knee of the horse. Some soldiers picked up flintlock rifles to fire. Ye Feinan shouted: "Don't shoot, save ammunition... use bows and arrows!"

When fighting abroad, if you don’t get supplies, you should try to save some money.

Everyone should have put away the flintlock rifles, and they all set their bows and arrows. The horses crossed the river step by step. When they crossed the river, their speed naturally slowed down. At this time, they were only sixty or seventy meters away from the village, and they could see clearly inside the village. The village was not big, and there were about a hundred families. A circle of fences outside the village was only ten feet high. Behind the fence, seventy or eighty men of different ages were posing for arrows and aiming at this side. There were many women and children looking at the door behind them. Although they were defensive, their faces were full of despair.

Suddenly, a man standing in the middle behind the fence waved his hand heavily. Ye Feinan secretly shouted something wrong and shouted loudly: "Let's go down, just lie down!"

With the shouts, dozens of feather arrows were already splashing.

I have to say that this time, Wu Yi's army was too arrogant, and they didn't take these villagers seriously at all. They were very relaxed. Fortunately, Ye Feinan reminded them in time, and they all lay on the horse's backs. Even so, they were shot overturned. They were all arrows in their chests, blood gushed out from their mouths, and their bodies tilted, and they smashed heavily into the water. The blood spread out, and they saw that they were not alive.

Three other soldiers were also shot.

"Damn it, shoot arrows, shoot arrows!" Degele instantly penetrated his pupils, with only blood red left in his eyes. Dazhe and others were not dead, but he did not expect that there would be casualties in this small village. For him, this was an extremely huge shame!

Everyone set their bows and shot them away. On the bumpy horse's back, the accurate head was naturally not ideal, but the dense rain of arrows was enough to make up for all this. A rain of arrows splashed over, and more than half of the villagers behind the fence were killed or injured on the spot. Compared to them, the wild Jurchen soldiers of the Wuyi Army's big arrows were more accurate, faster and sharp!

After all, it was not soldiers, so many casualties were killed or injured at once. The villagers were at first confused, and then shouted and fled in all directions.

The well-trained and chaotic people can see clearly at a glance.

"Want to run? Have you run away?" Degele smiled grimly. At this time, Wu Yi's army had already crossed the river and went to the other side. He shouted: "Brothers, let me kill!"

"Kill and kill!" The shouts of killing spread throughout this small village. The villagers fled in panic. The adults told the children to cry, but where could they escape?

The Wild Jurchen warriors waved their thick maces and smashed them hard on the fence. The wooden fence as thick as a forearm was as fragile as paper under their hands. They were broken and smashed on the spot, and the army rushed in without any obstacles.

At this moment, the ending is destined.

After a cup of tea, the battle ends. Strictly speaking, the battle has not begun. If there are too many people, it is better if there are so few people, when facing the army, these civilians will not be able to take the courage to resist.

Everyone in the village was concentrated in a clearing area near the lake, with men and women huddled together, their faces full of despair and fear, trembling, waiting for an unknown fate.

The wild Jurchen warriors rode their horses and kept circling around. Some people rummaged through boxes and cabinets in the village. After a while, a small hill was piled up on the right side of the open space, which contained precious metals such as gold and silver vessels, as well as scattered silver and sand gold. As for ginseng and animal skins, there were countless things.

"Sir, all the money-worthy ones in the village are here!" A hundred Han households reported loudly.

"Yeah!" Ye Feinan nodded and looked at the soldiers under her command.

There were already rules in the Wuyi army that all seized property was confiscated, and all the property was distributed uniformly from above, and all private possessions were punished. However, the Wuyi army was first established, and all kinds of bad habits were not yet formed. In addition, Lian Zining's military law was strict and everything was in accordance with the regulations, so the soldiers could always distribute a lot of property. So they didn't care about these property, and their eyes kept zipping through the crowd.

Ye Feinan sighed when she saw this. He waved his hand to Degele, who was greedy with his face, and said angrily: "It's time for a cup of tea!"

"Okay, let's fight quickly!" Degele saw Ye Feinan relaxing, and was overjoyed and laughed: "Brothers, choose the two best ones for our thousand-family adults."

The soldiers suddenly became excited. They got off the horse and broke into the crowd. Amid the cries, they rudely pulled the women out of their hair and concentrated on the other side. There were about two hundred women. They squeezed together, with a look of horror on their faces. Many people burst into tears, as if they already knew the fate they were facing.

Ye Feinan couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, but thinking about the tragic situation of the villages that he saw when he came north with the army last year, his heart became hard again.

"For blood to fight blood, for teeth to fight tooth, our Wuyi Army pays attention to military discipline, but it depends on the person. I am sure that during this operation, I can't help but rape and loot. As long as I complete the combat mission, you can do whatever you want!"

Before leaving, the adults' murderous and sinister words at the meeting echoed in their ears, which also calmed down Ye Feinan.

For the Han people of this era, the Jurchens were not humans, but beasts!

The soldiers jumped off their horses, laughed and ran to the women to choose. Degele cursed: "Don't forget to choose the two most beautiful ones for Lord Ye."

After a while, two young girls were taken by the soldiers to come here. Their appearance was only average, but they were indeed the most beautiful in the Jurchen village. However, their figure lit up. Their outerwear had been stripped naked, and they only wore small clothes, revealing their slender waists and toned thighs. Their chest was shaking. Due to long-term work, their skin color was healthy wheat color. Dragging several soldiers over, they cried and struggled, which made people feel even more lustful.

Ye Feinan's eyes lit up, she smiled and said to Degele: "You said, what should I do?"

Degele suddenly remembered a sentence of Chinese that his son went home to show off to him before he went to war. He thought for a long time before he remembered it and said, "Sir, it's better to have fun alone than to have fun."

"Okay, then it's better to have fun than to be alone!" Ye Feinan smiled wretchedly, got off the horse, and pulled one of the women with oyster faces toward the woods on the side, saying, "Dege, that woman has rewarded you, I want one."

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